Spanish clergy sexual abused more than 200,000 children, inquiry estimates

Ombudsman says Catholic church's response to cases insufficient' and calls for creation of a reparations fund

More than 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission.

The report did not give a specific figure but it said that in a poll of more than 8,000 adults, 0.6% said they had been sexual abused by members of the clergy when they were children. This figure equates to about 200,000 of Spain's adult population of about 39 million.